The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee is due to vote tomorrow on a series of bills related to marijuana, and it appears that legalizing marijuana for recreational use will not be one of them.

The committee chairman, Montgomery County Democrat Brian Frosh told WBAL News that the measure does not have the support of a majority of the 11 senators on the committee.

"I don't think we're going to get there this year. I think decriminalization would be a huge step forward, and I'm hoping will get there," Frosh told WBAL News.

Decriminalization would reduce the penalty for possessing small amounts of marijuana from 90 days in jail to a $100 fine. Frosh expects that bill to pass his committee.

He also expects his committee to consider a bill that would set up a network of medical marijuana dispensaries and growers, expanding on the law passed last year.

The recreational marijuana bill is sponsored in the Senate by Montgomery County Democrat Jamie Raskin, who sits on Frosh's committee. He told WBAL News this week that the decriminalization bill had the better chance of passing.

The House version of the recreational marijuana bill is sponsored by Baltimore City Delegate Curt Anderson, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee. That panel will hold a hearing on the bill on Tuesday.